Course detail

Waste Treatment and Recycling

FSI-KODAcad. year: 2015/2016

The course is focused on particular methods of municipal and industrial waste disposal and energy or material recovery. In the introductory part the student is acquainted with current legislation of waste management, especially with waste catalogue, waste hierarchy and the Waste directive. In the next section, students learn the up-to-date methods for waste removal and recovery. A large part of the course is devoted to recent developments in the Czech waste management and to experience from countries with advanced waste management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Martin Pavlas, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Process Engineering (ÚPI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Acquaintance with the current conditions of Czech and European waste management. Understanding of current legislation and the development of waste management. Acquaintance with processes for different waste groups utilization

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of formation and disposal of wastes. Basic knowledge related to material and energy balancing of processes.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

To gain a classified credit the students have to write a semester work (required classification at least "E"). The students have to prove they obtained relevant knowledge at the end of the semester by passing a written test. Semestral work contributes to overall evaluation with share of 50%. The test contributes to overall evaluation with share of 50%.

Course curriculum

Lecture: 13 lessons, voluntary

Syllabus:

1. Czech environmental legislation, Waste Act.
2. Types of industrial and municipal waste.
3. Types of landfills. Risk factors for solid municipal waste landfills. Isolation of landfills against pollutants leaks.
4. Landfill gas, its composition. Utilization and disposal of landfill gas.
5. Incineration of wastes. Types of incineration equipment.
6. Recultivation of solid municipal waste landfills.
7. Recycling of plastics.
8. Recycling of glass.
9. Recycling of paper.
10. Recycling of textiles.
11. Recycling of metal scraps.
12. Recycling of organic waste.
13. Recycling of sludge from waste water treatment plants.

Seminar: 13 lessons, compulsory

Syllabus:

1. Assignment of papers.
2. Plans of waste management.
3. Identification list of hazardous waste.
4. Waste catalogue.
5. Composting, waste coming from green maintenance.
6. Thermal utilization of wastes.
7. Biomass incineration.
8. Waste sorting.
9. Recycling of construction materials.
10. Preventive approach towards environment protection – cleaner production.
11. Excursion – A.S.A., spol. s r.o.
12. Recyclation of metals.
13. Paper presentations.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will get acquainted with basic overview of possibilities of solid municipal and industrial wastes treatment along with advantages and disadvantages of individual processes concerning environmental impact. They will also get acquainted with processes in landfills and risk factors of solid waste landfilling and recycling methods of selected components.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Participation in the seminars is regularly checked. Notes from missed classes have to be completed and handed in for a teacher’s check-up.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Aktuální legislativní normativy ČR a EU v dané oblasti
C. Ludwig, S. Hellweg, and S. Stucki, Municipal Solid Waste Management: Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Solutions, Springer, 2002. (EN)
Plán Odpadového hospodářství ČR na roky 2015 až 2024 (CS)
Weiner, Ruth F.: Environmental engineering. Elsvier. 2003. ISBN: 0750672943

Recommended reading

Jurnik A.: Ekologické skládky. ALDA Olomouc 1999.
Kiely Gerard: Environmental engineering. McGH, London 1998. ISBN: 0071164243.
zákona č. 185/2001 Sb., o odpadech v platném znění

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-PRI , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Martin Pavlas, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic terms and definitions
2. Waste management legislation, Waste Catalogue
3. Landfilling
4. Direct energy recovery of waste
5. Other processes for energy recovery of waste
6. Material recovery of waste
7. Parameters and composition of different waste categories
8. Waste separation
9. Influence of component separation on waste parameters
10. Regional, municipal and industrial waste management
11. Waste management logistics
12. Excursion
13. Semester works presentations

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jiří Kropáč, Ph.D.

Syllabus

Syllabus:
1. Conditions of course credit fulfillment, Waste legislation
2. Semester work tasks
3. Waste catalogue
4. Practical consequences of waste landfilling
5. Energy recovery processes balance
6. Material recovery processes balance
7. Waste composition
8. Waste separation
9. Influence of component separation on waste parameters
10. Excursion
11. Excursion
12. Excursion
13. Semester works presentations